I guess it must have been the command "iwconfig eth0 essid linksys" since I have tried "ifconfig eth0 up" and "dhcpcd eth0" several times with no effect."iwconfig eth0 mode managed" gave an error "Invalid argument".

I went back to the PC Shop and can confirm that there I had a wireless Internet connection.

Thank you all so much!

Just got a message from the owner of the machine, my good woman, she says,thank you very much, as well.

It turns out now that apparently the problem is that connection can only be established when the HP 2133 is very near the router. If I connect that way and move away the green bar at the WICD applet turns yellowand it says connected to linksys at 20% and there is no more data flow.

Before the MoBo change the HP 2133 could be used all over the house.

The fact that I got a connection at the PC shop must be that the router thereis near by.

My neighbour with his laptop has no problem with my router everywherearound the house like with the HP 2133 before.

When I got finally the connection yesterday I was in front of my PC where the router is as well and followed the instructions given right there on the HP 2133.If I would have been sitting farer away I would still report: Can't Connect.

Could it be something wrong with the hardware itself? I have a suggestion, how about you reinstall your laptop with windows and see does the same problem happen?

That what I suspect now, it to be a hardware problem. I have no Windows far and wide, however, I will try KNOPPIX near the router.5 m away like VL it will not pick-up the signals. At the moment I am finalizingthe install on the HP 2133.

Could it be a channel conflict with a nearby neighbor? Try setting the router to a different channel and see if that resolves the problem. This actually happened at my parents house when they got a new router. It had me confounded for a couple hours. As soon as I changed channels on the router the problem resolved.

My neighbour (only one) is quite far and I could not pick-up their router before.

Tried KNOPPIX, held it close to the router, could not detect IP address.

I went into a restaurant where a lot of people use their laptops, HP 2133 had noconnection. From there I went to the PC Shop upstairs and got a connection. Next timeI will try different locations at the PC shop and after that might give the unitback for further repair.

The unit is back with HP for repair after it came back from the repair with adefective wifi detection, another 2 to 3 weeks waiting. I pity the owner of themachine already. It does not speak too well of HP here.

The unit is back with HP for repair after it came back from the repair with adefective wifi detection, another 2 to 3 weeks waiting. I pity the owner of themachine already. It does not speak too well of HP here.

The unit is back with HP for repair after it came back from the repair with adefective wifi detection, another 2 to 3 weeks waiting. I pity the owner of themachine already. It does not speak too well of HP here.

Does that mean there is something wrong with the wifi card?

That is all one can guess and as well the idea of the technician at the Computer Shop.

Believe it or not. After 5 weeks we finally got the HP2133 Mini back with thewireless card repaired and working. Before that it took 3 weeks to have the motherboardchanged after the unit just blackened-out and by doing so HP must have damaged the wireless card andreturned the unit still broken.

Within 8 months the unit was 2 months under repair. Does not speak too wellfor this company at least here.